[detective]

“You don’t have to pay. It’s voluntary. I have a good parish in Manhattan. I donate to them and some very conservative Catholic convents and fraternities.”

Your Archdiocese takes a percentage of the funds that are donated to the parish. That is not voluntary.

Do you have a Cardinal's Appeal? Each parish is assessed a given amount. If they do not collect it, it is taken from the offertory donations.

The hierarchy has no accountability to the parishioners regarding how they spend their money.

[miss marmelstein]

No, my point was simply you can attend Church and not contribute a dime.

[Arthur McGowan]

“Your Archdiocese takes a percentage of the funds that are donated to the parish. That is not voluntary.”

That is true only in some dioceses. It’s called a “cathedraticum.”

It does not exist in my diocese.

If you live in a diocese that has it, you can satisfy your obligation to support the Church by giving to good charities.